Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Feast was near.
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"
Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up, "Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"
Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them. Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted." So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
MAIN POINT:
GOD IS A GOD OF MULTIPLICATION
- What are the principles that we can learn in order for us to experience multiplication in the area of money?
Principle of Stewardship.
- Only what is returned to the owner can be multiplied.
JOHN 6:9
Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish.
PSALMS 24:1
The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
HAGGAI 2:8
The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD Almighty.
ROMANS 11:36
For from him through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
LUKE 16:10
He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.
MAIN POINT:
GOD IS A GOD OF MULTIPLICATION
Principle of Tithing or Returning.
- Something must be blessed before it can multiply.
JOHN 6:11
Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks.
MALACHI 3:10-11
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty
MALACHI 3:8
"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings.
MAIN POINT:
GOD IS A GOD OF MULTIPLICATION
Principle of Offering or Giving.
- Only what is given away can multiply.
JOHN 6: 11-13
And distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted." So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
2 CORINTHIANS 9:6
'Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously'
MAIN POINT:
GOD IS A GOD OF MULTIPLICATION
